Newsletter: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, December 2022

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The December 2022 Newsletter reviews ENSULIB’s activities and achievements and provides a platform for presenting interesting stories, events or projects from libraries all over the world, which follow a clear green and sustainable commitment. In this issue, it includes: New Library Specialists from the Baltic States Discuss Green Libraries / Aiga Pīķe -- Green & Sustainable Academic Libraries in the post-COVID Era (Greece) / Thalia Gonda -- New Mexico Library Association Holds State Library Conference with Sustainability Focus (United States of America) / Erin Renee Wahl, Eli Guinnee, Kate Alderete -- Reading list for children and young adults for promoting sustainable development / Ana Sudarević -- Sustainability in fiction for children and young adults / Tanja R. Bisgaard -- Mapping library activities to the UN SDGs / Carmel O'Sullivan & Emilia Bell -- Library garden, planting and a ‘green welcome’ for our new apprentices / Jonas Schramm, Janet Wagner -- Reducing Paper Consumption with “Scan First” / Janet Wagner -- “Goethe hot and spicy” / Fita Andrianti -- GROW it Forward: Help Fix The Future With Beans / Nell Ward -- Green Libraries in MENARegion / Marietta Sander -- National Library of Scotland launches Climate Action Plan / Kate Wilson -- Organizing a Sustainability Swap at Your Library / Ben Richards, Brandon Walker, Diane Kolosionek, Mandi Goodsett, and Donna Stewart.